All posts tagged "coast guard"

  • (Yonhap)
    Coast Guard helicopter crashes off S. Korea’s southwest coast

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A Coast Guard helicopter crashed near an island off South Korea’s southwest coast Friday while it was trying to transport an emergency patient from the island, firefighter officials said. The helicopter, with a total...

    • Posted March 13, 2015
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  • President Park Geun-hye sheds tears towards the end of her televised speech from Cheong Wa Dae, Monday, while naming those who performed heroic acts in the April 16 Sewol ferry sinking.  (Korea Times)
    President’s tears trigger emotional reaction

    By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye shed tears at the end of her long-awaited national address over the tragic Sewol ferry sinking. The 24-minute address came 34 days after the April 16 disaster; a tragedy that has...

    • Posted May 19, 2014
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    Park will dismantle Coast Guard

    Two agencies to be launched; April 16 named as Safety Day By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye made a televised apology to the nation Monday for the flawed emergency response to the April 16 sinking of the...

    • Posted May 19, 2014
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  • Government officials keep on losing their jobs for inappropriate remark, action

    MOKPO, South Korea, April 22 (Yonhap) — A South Korean coast guard official was relieved of his duties on Tuesday for comments deemed insensitive to the grieving families of the victims of the Sewol ferry disaster. The...

    • Posted April 22, 2014
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